---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define \"National Background Check Program\" or \"NBCP,\" \"PACE,\" and \"PACE service provider\"; exempt PACE service providers from obtaining a health facility license or a certificate of need to provide PACE services; provide that a PACE service provider shall be eligible to participate and enroll in the NBCP."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Kentucky SB 297 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aged Persons and Aging", "Crimes and Punishments", "Health and Medical Services", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Storm"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b047c8c-89c7-4a80-ac2b-3adfdc1d953f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb297.html"
source_hash: "a980d80b46db5dd967b18e9060e01ed8f58d6fef7fed9505e65739f965468adf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 297 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "National Background Check Program" or "NBCP," "PACE," and "PACE service provider"; exempt PACE service providers from obtaining a health facility license or a certificate of need to provide PACE services; provide that a PACE service provider shall be eligible to participate and enroll in the NBCP.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb297/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 201** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0201.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb297/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 297 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Storm — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 08, 2024
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 201) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b047c8c-89c7-4a80-ac2b-3adfdc1d953f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).